Gaines is a research assistant investigating a virus to kill the coconut rhinoceros beetle, also referred to as CRB, which is ...

Adult coconut rhinoceros beetles, a highly destructive invasive pest that has devastated Oahu palm trees, have been detected on the Big Island for the first time. While beetle larvae were discovered ...

At 2 1/2-inches long and sporting large horns on the front of its head, the coconut rhinoceros beetle is a remarkable-looking creature, but this lumbering giant of an insect is also a devastating pest ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Larvae, or grubs, of the invasive Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle have been found on Hawaii Island -- the first discovery of the beetle on the island. This comes after multiple CRB ...

WAILUKU–A single coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) has been found in a trap this week by the Hawai’i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) during routine monitoring in Waikoloa on Hawai’i island. This is the ...

NANAKULI, Hawaii (KHON2) — Residents on the west side of Oahu are raising the alarm over the spread of coconut rhinoceros beetles. Residents told KHON2 that the officials tasked with getting rid of ...

Pastor Tala Talamoa is losing an important cultural food he's grown for years in his front yard. "I never see this before in my lifetime," he said. "All the trees are dead." The coconut rhinoceros ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two coconut rhinoceros beetles (CRBs) were recently found on Kauai in traps near a green waste transfer station near the Lihue Airport, marking this the first time ever that ...